Collection of medical and dietetic recipes

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16960320

Description

Title
Collection of medical and dietetic recipes
Alternative Title
Raccolta di ricette medicinali e dietetiche : [medical and dietetic recipes], in Italian and Latin ; finished 20 December 1573, with later additions
Contributor
Alphonso di Madrid
Published / Created
1573.
Publication Place
Italy
Abstract

A manuscript, in a multitude of unidentified hands, on paper, containing a collection of medical and dietetic recipes. Also contains a section of unidentified elegiac poetry, including a few couplets attributed to Hesiod. Introduction, conclusion, and many other sections of the text wanting

Description
In Italian and Latin.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: multiple humanist hands.
Layout: single column of between 25 and 30 lines.
Binding: bound in limp vellum with forage flap and leather strap. Unidentified manuscript writing on front cover.
Colophon (f. 161v): 1573 di 20 di Decembrio sono fatti 30 salami fini 9: supheletti et li altri in Budello Delli Grassi n. 22. Indu[]elli no. In nome del servitor mio qual e in Galera e Baldassaro di Pepi Lisandrini perosino, e in Livorno nella Galera patrona dil gran Ducha di Fiorenza.
Manuscript's contemporary pagination indicates that many leaves are wanting: 26-38, 165-248, 297-358, 363-408, 419-426, 431-560.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on back cover: Alphonso di Madrid. Purchased for Medical Library in 1958 from Vinciana, of Milan.
Extent
1 item (161 leaves) : 310 mm x 230 mm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Italian
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Manuscript 42 vault

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Flap bindings
Material
paper ;
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Diet
Materia medica
Medicine
Manuscripts
Subjects
Diet > Early works to 1800
Materia medica > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4854958
Object ID (OID)
16960320

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